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| Wood by Pete Benson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Surreal comedy. |
| Synopsis | Woody's got lots of friends and they all like him, even though he's hard to get on with at times. Also, he's a woodlouse. Sadly, he can't swim, and the gasman has just dropped him in the fish tank.
After that, things get stranger. |
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| The Woofer and The Flagger by Ethan Bortman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy with a single (market stall) setting. |
| Synopsis | Tourist, Larry comes across a simple market stall offering a free massage with purchases of bottles and sprays of various herbal products. As Maggie starts his massage he learns about her unconventional lifestyle. |
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| The Wooing Of Isabella by Natasha Marie Eyre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 81 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length play, set in the thirteenth century. |
| Synopsis | Lady Isabella is a worthy prize - with lands and income, but she has no wish to marry Simon de Montford, or give herself over to the nearby Priory. Harrassed by those around her, she uses her friend and kinswoman Emma to keep all at bay until the matter can be resolved. |
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| Word Up by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Age difference essential. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy, with a split (living room and office) set. |
| Synopsis | Pensioner Ruby is having trouble with her computer and calls a computer helpline. The problem is eventually discovered, but will Ruby like the solution? |
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| A Word with my Client by Barry Lambert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Although the sketch is written with four male roles, with just minor adjustments Bland and/or Bentazza could easily be played as female. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch set in a police interview room. |
| Synopsis | Detective Sergeant Hatchett has been assaulted whilst thwarting an attempted burglary and is about to interview the suspect along with his superior. The burglar has enlisted the help of a particularly slippery solicitor. Will he be able to convince the police of his highly dubious client's innocence? |
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| Wordsworth's Harem by Joan Greening |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act historical, emotional drama in a single livingroom set. |
| Synopsis | In 1801, William Wordsworth is in love with his sister Dorothy. To hide their forbidden relationship, the siblings plan a marriage for William. |
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| Work Experience by Peter Harrison |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A gentle, enjoyable comedy. Easy to stage (in a single living room set) with a majority female cast. |
| Synopsis | Housewife Melissa is very fond of her daily routine, so when her husband Gerald takes early retirement, she’s increasingly irritated by his disruptions to it. With the help of her friends, she devises a solution which brings her own life-changing experience. |
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Work in Progress by Damian Trasler
Winner of the Author's Award, RAFTA One-Act Play Festival, 2000, and Winner of the Adjudicator's Award, Anglesey Drama Festival 2005. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Single set, argument amongst Film Noir characters and their writer! |
| Synopsis | An author struggles to complete a book, contending with his publishing deadline and a group of characters determined to assert their identity. |
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| Working for the Great Novelist by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | A reporter discovers uncomfortable truths about how a great novelist works. |
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| Working It Out by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Set in a pub beer garden, so needs little more than an outdoor table, chairs and a tray of drinks. Contains very mild swearing (and a lot of other things too). |
| Synopsis | A witty look at the lives and loves of twin sisters Andrea and Jane. They work out their weight problems at the gym, much to the embarrassment of Jane's daughter Emma who works there, and then work out their relationship problems at the pub with a post gym drink or two. Joined by husband Tommy, who Jane is convinced is having an affair, recently divorced younger sister Nikki with her supportive friend Cally and just jilted Emma, the family work out and work through their individual difficulties together. |
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